Regulations Start To Take Pesticides Out Of Recreational & Medical Marijuana

A lot of these cultivators were growers in California and they haven’t had to scrutinize what they’ve been selling,” one Nevada cultivator told the Sun. Here is the Nevada Department of Agriculture’s list of acceptable pesticides . Draft legislation pending in California calls for at a minimum, testing for potency, pesticides, mold, and other contaminants.”

Numerous reports indicate that California’s medical crop is laden with pesticides. Experts such as Jorge Cervantes attest to it, and limited data is damning.Two of three samples failed pesticides screenings at an FDA lab in 2009 in Los Angeles. One sample had 1,600 times the allowable limit, the other, 85 times. Oregon is currently selling pesticide-laden pot to patients, The Oregonian reports .